AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Area) ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) is a trade bloc agreement by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations supporting local manufacturing in all ASEAN countries. The ASEAN Heads of State and Government decided to establish an ASEAN Free Trade Area or AFTA in 1992. The objective of AFTA is to increase the ASEAN region’s competitive advantage as a production base geared for the world market. A vital step in this direction is the liberalization of trade through the elimination
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Network Neutrality “We are all now connected by the Internet‚ like neurons in a giant brain.” –Stephen Hawking. This quote by Stephen Hawking is true now but some claim the internet may be in danger. A new policy the United States is trying to adopt is this set of standards called “Net Neutrality”. These standards would push internet providers to keep the internet neutral‚ and not allow companies to pay providers to speed up their connection and make it a priority over others. People have recently
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GLOBAL WARMING Global warming is the increase of earth’s average temperature as the result of green house effect. Green house gases in the atmosphere act like a mirror reflecting back the heat radiation which would otherwise be dispersed into space. Greenhouse effect is the problem of gradual rise of gases such as carbon dioxide in the air surrounding the earth which traps the heat if the sun. Greenhouse gases are any of the gases that are thought to cause green house effect.
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George Alagiah’s choice of language and sentence structure convey the suffering of the Somalian people? It touched me in a way I could not explain. It moved me in a way that went beyond pity or revulsion. George Alagiah’s commentary‚ A Passage to Africa‚ is about his experiences in Somalia during the Civil War. Paparazzi-like‚ he is in search of the “most striking picture” that will appeal to TV audiences back home. The scenes he witnesses‚ however‚ are heartbreaking; the images too disturbing to
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Assume that all rooms will have 24 computers and that each room will use a stackable hub solution that combines a 12-port hub and a 24-port hub for 36 total ports. Being stackable units‚ the network will see each stack as a single 36-port device. Review the above room requirements to conclude what type of network media is most appropriate for this situation? How many IP addresses does the school need immediately? How many might it eventually need for the initial seven rooms? How many could it need
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Internship report On “Changes of Human Resource Practice between Warid Telecom and Airtel Bangladesh Limited after Merger and Acquisition” Page I “Changes of Human Resource Practice between Warid Telecom and Airtel Bangladesh Limited after Merger and Acquisition” Submitted by Saleha Farhaz Aziz 08104161 BRAC Business School Submitted To Ms. Raihana Mannan Lecturer BRAC Business School Date of Submission 28 February 2013 Page II Letter of Transmittal February 28‚ 2013 To Raihana Mannan Lecturer
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Trade agreements are a way for Americans to create opportunities for themselves in the economy. Today the United States have free trade agreements with seventeen different countries. In the rest of the world the companies in the US that want to expand their business globally have to go through the process of figuring out different trade barriers and tariffs. A trade barrier is a restriction on international business. A tariff is a tax on exported goods. The world trade organization helps regulate
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Section 1: A Scramble For Africa • European nations needed to fuel industrial production • Competed for new markets for goods and took huge interest in Africa • Imperialism- Seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country o Occurred throughout most of Africa o Europe came in and dominated • Mid 1800’s Africans divided into ethnic and linguistic groups • Some converted to Islam and Christianity • Most kept traditions and religion • For 400 years
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International Trade Frances Bailey ECN 221 – Economic Principles February 18‚ 2013 Professor Nick Bergan Abstract One of the most confusing intolerance times is that free trade discussions are unlimited while free trade itself is growing and growing. For more than a while the government attempted to a global agreement to “lower trade barriers that have gone nowhere.” (Naim‚ 2007) The very last time trade was discussed they had reason to celebrate was in the late
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Trade and the Columbian Exchange greatly affected the world between 1450 CE and 1750 CE. The Columbian Exchange helped to link the Americas‚ Africa‚ and Europe‚ while huge international trade networks aided in shaping the world. In these trade networks‚ the spice‚ silver‚ slave‚ and sugar trades were especially important in affecting the world. The silver trade became a huge part of the world economy‚ and allowed Europe greater participation in East Asian commerce. Silver was central to world trade
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